Design Meeting Minutes

Summer 2009 Minutes

6-19-2009

Entire Group

Accomplishments

• Groups met individually to work on their design tutorials
• Entire group met to discuss problems with MathCAD/AutoCAD coding
• The first tasks of the summer were assigned to groups of 2 and 3
• Discussed each of the assigned tasks
• Update VNG to reflect the changes in the Sedimentation Tank file: the programs exit channel, inlet channel, lamella, launder, influent sed manifold are now all defined in one program

Goals for upcoming week

• Groups will meet individually and with Heather to start on their first task.

Floc Hopper Group

Accomplishments

• A summary of major work completed since last meeting based on last meeting's identified outcomes/issues
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Issues

• Difficult and unresolved issues
• Plans for action

Goals for upcoming week

Floc Port Group

Accomplishments

• Updated the code to move the ports from the top to the bottom of the tank. Also, we adjusted the height arrangement of the baffles to agree with this new layout. We ensured that these edits scale properly.
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Issues

• We plan to continue commenting on the code as this greatly helps with understanding the progress of the programs*

Goals for upcoming week

To move on to the next task and continue commenting

Sed Tank Exit Channel Group

Accomplishments

• A summary of major work completed since last meeting based on last meeting's identified outcomes/issues
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Issues

• Difficult and unresolved issues
• Plans for action

Goals for upcoming week

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Material's List Group

Accomplishments

• Became familiar with the Variable Naming Guide, Materials List, and previous work done on this task

• Sorted through the Variable Naming Guide and determined which variables were unnecessary for calculating the Materials List
• Worked on determining which variables and dimensions are most important for the Materials List

Issues

• Team members need to become more familiar with the structure of the plant to determine exactly which variables are most important to be outputted by the Design tool

Goals for upcoming week

• Finalize list of variables necessary for the MathCAD program
• Work on updating Automated Materials List MathCAD program